Tien Giang

North of Vietnam

Ha Tinh

Ha Tinh

Ha Tinh province is located in the northern part of central Vietnam, about 340 km south of Hanoi, facing Nghe An Province to the north, Quang Bình Province to the south, Laos to the west, and the Eastern Sea to the east.

Climate of Ha Tinh

Ha Tinh belongs to the tropical monsoon area. The annual average temperature is 23.7oC. There are two clear seasons: rainy and dry season. Raining season lasts from August to November. Dry season is from December to July next year. The weather is dry, hot and highly vaporizing West – Southern wind (blowing from Laos).

Topography of Ha Tinh

Locating at the east of Truong Son Mountain Range, Ha Tinh’s terrain is both narrow and sloping, tilting towards the east. To the west is a high mountain range (with average height of 1,500m), following with a range of hills, small and narrow elongated plain and coastal sandy banks.

Mountainous terrain accounts for 80% of the province’s natural area that is sharply differentiated and divided, forming deferent ecological areas. There are 14 rivers such as Ngan Pho, Ngan Sau, Cay. The coastline is 137km in length which is suitable for making salt, rearing shellfish such as shrimps, crabs, oysters, snails…

Tourism of Ha Tinh

The province has many special internal tourism places ecologically, historically, culturally, namely National Park of Vu Quang, Ke Go reservoir, Hong Linh Mountain, interests inhering to poet Nguyen Du, monument of comrade Tran Phu – First General Secretary of Vietnamese Communist Party, Dong Loc Road Junction – a monument sticking with glorious victory of Vietnam against the US. Then, tourists are able to relax in Xuan Thanh, Thien Cam, Thach Hai or Deo Con beaches, or in medical treatment area of Son Kim Hot Spring.